Nothing should come out of the tip into the wine sample. Did you slide the
rubber tube with the valve all the way onto the ampule (to the white line)
before snapping the end of the ampule? Yes there's a starch solution in the
ampule, but it shouldn't come out due to the vacuum in the ampule.

Ed

> Thanks for the feedback Doug. After breaking the tip and placing it in
the
> wine sample, something came out of the tip and into the wine. That may be
> normal- the web site indicated there was a starch solution in the tip. Is
> it normal for that solution to (in the tip) to disperse into the sample?
>
> The final reading was between 15 and 20, I drew sample in to fast (as you
> warned about) and missed the exact end point. At least it gave me some
> piece of mind as I had been bulk aging for some months.
>
> KB
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